Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

It can be said that all parties were very satisfied with Emperor Yong'an's plan, except Tan Song, the commander-in-chief of Southern Zhili.

Of course, they did not know that in this huge capital city, there was another person who heard about this matter and was particularly frightened after learning the name of the God of Du'e.

That man was Cui Wenhai, the former prefect of Raozhou.

Because of his successful containment of the plague in Xingde County, he was highly praised by Emperor Yong'an and was promoted to the third-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, in charge of civil affairs. He is now about to take office.

In other words, if a plague breaks out anywhere in the future, he will be responsible for full command.

Originally, he was not too worried about his future job.

After all, he had secretly learned from the Xingde County Magistrate the other party's entire set of methods and procedures for controlling the plague.

He was confident that as long as plague patients were discovered early, population movement was controlled resolutely, patients were isolated, and disinfection was thorough, the plague could be successfully controlled within a certain range.

However, he never expected it.

The deity "Du'e Shenzun" who really made great efforts during the plague appeared again!

And it also reached the ears of His Majesty.

How is this not shocking?

If His Majesty knew that Xingde's plague control was not his credit, but was entirely due to the help of the Divine Master...

Then he would be guilty of deceiving the emperor and would lose his head!

In recent days, he often woke up in the middle of the night.

Then I couldn’t help myself and went to the market to buy a tablet of the God of Destiny. I went home and kowtowed to it every morning and evening and prayed:

"God, Xingde is more than 3,000 miles away from the capital. Please be magnanimous and forgive me for once. Please don't let the news of what happened in the past spread to the capital!"

*

More than ten days later, the order to investigate and punish Tan Song was successively transmitted to Nandu City and Songhu City.

Liang Bao, holding the imperial edict, seemed a little dazed.

Is it so easy to bring down a second-rank official with a strong background?

He originally thought that he had accepted money from Tan Song and had not properly reported to His Majesty the matter of several thousand households in Songhu colluding with the Japanese. Now that he had decided to bring down Tan Song, this matter was a good excuse.

But this incident happened twenty or thirty days ago, and his report at this time seems a bit inappropriate.

So he went to collect the account books of several thousand households' gifts to Tan Song, and sent them to the capital as quickly as possible along with the secret report.

This would make it seem like he wasted so much time just to collect more evidence.

For him, this is just the first step in a difficult journey.

I'm afraid we'll have to add some more solid evidence later, and ask someone to drum up some support in front of His Majesty, before we can bring Tan Song down in one fell swoop.

He was even mentally prepared to be retaliated against by the Tan family during this period.

But he never expected that he would accomplish this task just by taking the first step.

At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder if he had become the number one favorite in front of His Majesty without his knowledge, so what he said was so effective.

"Eunuch Liang, Eunuch Liang!"

The call from the imperial envoy brought Liang Bao back to his senses.

"Please speak up, sir!"

The imperial envoy said meaningfully:

"His Majesty said that you did a great job in investigating Tan Song. Once you have solved Tan Song's case, you will be rewarded handsomely."

"Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Although Liang Bao responded calmly, he was in turmoil inside.

When did Your Majesty ask him to investigate Tan Song before? He hasn't heard a word about it, okay?

Could it be that His Majesty had long intended to deal with Tan Song, and he just happened to be there by coincidence, or did something happen in the capital that he didn't know about?

Liang Bao was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask for information for fear of disrupting His Majesty's arrangements.

In the end, you can only enjoy it secretly.

In any case, he completed the temple master's test easily and would soon get what he wanted.

What's even better is that with His Majesty's words, he is just following orders, and the Tan family can't blame him anymore!

He is so lucky!

*

The imperial envoy first announced the decree in the southern capital city, and then continued eastward to the city of Songhu.

In order to allow more people to enjoy the emperor's grace, the imperial envoy had already galloped before arriving in Songhu and sent someone to inform Zheng Yuannai to summon all the soldiers from the Songhu garrisons to the Songhu camp to listen to the emperor's orders.

"By the order of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims that Lieutenant General Zheng Yuannai of Songhu was ordered to reorganize the Songhu garrison and commanded the troops properly, winning a great victory over the Japanese pirates in the defense this summer. He is hereby granted the title of General Guangwei, a fourth-rank official, and is in charge of the military affairs of the three prefectures of Songhu, Jinhua, and Ninghai!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zheng Yuannai quickly accepted the order and expressed his gratitude.

The imperial envoy looked at the many Songhu military households below the stage and said loudly:

"Soldiers, His Majesty has always been concerned about those who are defending the coastal defense! He learned that the military households in Songhu have been exploited by the evil officials such as the thousand-household Zhao and the commander Tan Song for a long time, so he specially sent General Zheng to rescue you first!"

"Now, Zhao Qianhu and other evil officials have been beheaded by General Zheng, and the secret agent sent by Your Majesty has also found solid evidence of the crimes of Commander-in-Chief Tan Song, and has been ordered to be removed from office and imprisoned! From now on, no one will dare to oppress you anymore!"

The military households below were in an uproar.

First, he was shocked that the commander-in-chief, who was the backer of Zhao Qianhu and others, would also be punished by His Majesty.

The second was that he was shocked that His Majesty had known about their miserable situation for a long time and had sent General Zheng to help them before dealing with the commander-in-chief.

When they came back to their senses, everyone was filled with excitement, and they all bowed their heads and shouted:

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Long live your Majesty!"

Among all the people, only Zheng Yuannai and his deputy general Fan Dayong looked puzzled.

When the soldiers dispersed, the imperial envoy patted Zheng Yuannai on the shoulder and said meaningfully:

"General Zheng, His Majesty has always valued you. But as a military commander, you should also know that if a general's personal prestige in the army exceeds that of His Majesty, it will be a disaster."

This was an undisguised warning.

All the doubts in Zheng Yuannai's mind were answered at once, and he felt as if a basin of ice water was poured over his head.

The joy of promotion was gone, leaving only a feeling of irony.

When he first arrived in Songhu and encountered various difficulties in training his troops, why didn't His Majesty say that he was just following orders?

Now, he had won a great victory with the help of the temple master, killed spies under pressure from the commander-in-chief, and won spoils for the military households. When his prestige in the army and among the people was high, everything he did became just following orders.

The king of a country actually tried to steal the credit from a junior general of his, wiped out all his efforts, and even sent people to warn him openly.

This kind of magnanimity is really ridiculous!